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    Housing Works Used Book Cafe

    126 Crosby St (between Houston and Prince Sts)
    Soho  | Map

    212-334-3324

    Subway: B, D, F, V to Broadway–Lafayette St; N, R, W to Prince St; 6 to Bleecker St  | Directions

    http://www.housingworks.org

    Prices

    Average drink: $5. AmEx, MC, V.

    Description
    The perfect bookstore has Shuggie Otis on the dial, a selection of beer and wine at a counter in the corner and the best possible reason to spend money here: Every dollar earned helps house people living with AIDS. The bookshelves ooze academia, but the Works cuts loose monthly with intimate concerts featuring the likes of Fountains of Wayne and Lyle Lovett. It’s a good first-date place, because, as a volunteer clerk says, “if the conversation dulls, you can just grab a book.”
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    Hours

    Mon–Fri 10am–9pm; Sat noon–9pm; Sun noon–6pm.

    Keywords
    • Cheap drinks
    • No stairs to bathroom
    • Date place
    • No steps at entrance
    • Artsy crowd
    • Wine & beer only
    • Wheelchair-accessible bathroom
    • Quiet room/conversation-friendly
    • Nonalcoholic nightlife


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